Top coats can be worn over your favorite fashions in bad weather to cover your clothes.  They can also be worn on your nails to protect that expensive mani/pedi you treated yourself to recently.  In essence top coats for nails work in a similar fashion to the coat variety.  They cover the last color application and work to guard it against chips, smudges or other appropriate nail endangerments.

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Common Beauty Advice Includes The Suggestion That A Minimum Of 8-10 Glasses A Day Is Required For Optimal Beauty & Health. 

Have you ever wondered why 8-10 glasses seems to be the magic number?  Or have you wondered why the recommendation is not scaled to other factors such as age, sex or daily activity?

According to studies, the average human loses 8 to 10 cups (8oz) of water per day just by existing. 

How?  Two cups of day, on average, are lost through sweating.  Two cups, more or less due to breathing and 5-7 cups for body waste removal.

While as much as two cups of water per day can be added back from daily food, the other lost water needs to be added back through actually adding liquids.  Water is considered the very best source but liquids can be acquired from coffee, tea and soft drinks. 

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